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MorbidButterflyTat

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17. Fully funded by.....???

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 07:29 PM

18 hrs ago

"US Senate candidate Graham Platner officially laid out his health care platform on Wednesday in Bangor."

More like a pipe dream than a "platform."

"...the only we way we are going to get it is by realizing this isn't a Republican issue or a Democrat issue."

Great plan!

Democrat issue, sure.

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Senate candidate Graham Platner pitches fully funded care to Maine voters [View all] Emile Yesterday OP

It is a democrat and republican issue. Republicans block every effort to make this travelingthrulife Yesterday #1

He's right but probably not for the right reason. paleotn Yesterday #2

DURec leftstreet Yesterday #3

"Democrat" issue. W_HAMILTON Yesterday #4

Do you think this is a unicorns in every garage Emile Yesterday #5

I do... 2naSalit 22 hrs ago #6

Since healthcare for all is a democratic issue, Emile 21 hrs ago #7

He's not... 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #8

The problem is he voted for Susan Collins JI7 20 hrs ago #10

Would love to see or hear this. When googling I find nothing but a tweet from someone "quoting" some Nanjeanne 20 hrs ago #11

Uhh, you might want to see this -- From NBC News: W_HAMILTON 18 hrs ago #13

Thanks for that. Im glad he has spent so much time addressing it. My thoughts? I care about what Nanjeanne 16 hrs ago #20

Wow! So he's only a Democrat for this campaign. Nixie 19 hrs ago #12

Quite the racket it's become, for temporary/sometimes Democrats to run as Democrats and fundraise on bashing Democrats. W_HAMILTON 18 hrs ago #14

Oh Jesus Christ mr715 18 hrs ago #15

Then once elected vote MAGAt MorbidButterflyTat 18 hrs ago #19

Exactly, and with an attitude that they're doing us a favor. Nixie 14 hrs ago #21

I like knowing what policies are important to Nanjeanne 20 hrs ago #9

How are posters in this thread spinning this as a bad thing? mr715 18 hrs ago #16

Fully funded by.....??? MorbidButterflyTat 18 hrs ago #17

Democrat vs Democratic. mr715 18 hrs ago #18